Poîtrenaud returns for France

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BERNARD LAPORTE, the France coach, has rung the changes after his team’s impressively efficient win over Fiji. The team to face Japan on Saturday shows six changes, though only one player has been promoted from outside the previous squad. The incomer is Clément Poîtrenaud at full back, a player who seemed to have established himself as first choice in the position during the Six Nations Championship but who lost his place after defeat to Argentina in the summer.

The rest of the changes consist of moving players who were on the bench last time into the starting team. Some of